Re: 2 questions re RAID

From: Vick Khera <vivek(at)khera(dot)org>
To: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 2 questions re RAID
Date: 2011-06-21 13:45:21
Message-ID: BANLkTim9nbt3xxWf_TrYFEozC0W197V-VQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Pluses for the Arecas I've used:
> Out Of Band monitoring.  Heck, I've updated the firmware on them from
> 1000 miles away.
> fast in RAID-10.  Lots of HW controllers (I'm looking at you, LSI)
> perform poorly with layered RAID.
> They all use the same simple standard battery backed unit, unlike some
> manufacturers that glue them onto the DIMM so you have to buy a new
> memory module to replace your BBU (again, I'm looking at you LSI)
> Great UI via the web and / or the BIOS.  Again, some other RAID setup
> utils are not so nice (and again, I'm looking at you, LSI)
>

If I could repeat this 1000 times, I would.

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